The Lakhmids (Arabic: اللخميين) or Muntherids (Arabic: المناذرة) were Arab Christians that lived in Iraq,al-Hirah became their capital in (266 AD). An Arabian saying is "One day in al-Hirah is better than a year of treatment" describing the city's pleasant climate. al-Hirah ruins is located 2 miles south of Kufa, on the west bank of the Euphrates, It was a great city with many castles and bath-houses and palm trees. Poets described it as a paradise. The Arabic language (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The Arabic language (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Al Hirah was an ancient city located south of al-Kufah in south-central Iraq. ... Al Hirah was an ancient city located south of al-Kufah in south-central Iraq. ... Al Hirah was an ancient city located south of al-Kufah in south-central Iraq. ... Kufa (الكوفة al-Kufa in Arabic) is a city in Iraq, about 170 km south of Baghdad, and 10 km northeast of Najaf. ...

Kingdom ruled by the Banu Lakhm, hence the name Lakhmids. The founder of the dynasty was 'Amr, whose son Imru' al-Qais (not to be confused with the famous poet Imru' al-Qais who lived in the 6th Century), he christianised and then the whole city did the same. He was one of the strong Lakhmid kings, he dreamed of a unified and independent Arab kingdom,He seised many cities from Iraq to the penunsula,and defeated the king of Himyar Shemrir al-A'asha and formed a big army,he had a fleet of ships in bahrain that attacked some costal cities of Persia. A Qahtanite Arab tribe, which settled in Al-Hirah (modern Kufa region in Iraq) where they founded a buffer state between Arabia and the Persian Empire (roughly 200-602 A.C.). See Lakhmids. ... Ameru al-Qays, or Imruu al Quais, Ibn Hujr, was an Arabian poet of the 6th century, the author of one of the Muallaqat, an anthology of pre-Islamic Arabic literature. ... Himyar was a state in ancient South Arabia dating from 110 BCE. Conquered neighbouring Saba in 25 BCE, Qataban in 50 CE and Hadramaut 100 CE. Its political fortunes relative to Saba changed frequently until it achieved power around 280 CE. It was the dominant state in Arabia until 525...

In (325 AD) the Persians, led by Shapur II and following in the steps of the previous persian kings, started a campaign against the arab kingdoms that they couldn't destroy. When Imru' al-Qais realised that the Persian army consisted of seventy thousand fighters he asked for the Eastern Romans assistance. Constantius II promised to assist him but he didnt get any assistance when he needed it. Later Persians advances toward al-Hirah and a vicious war ocurrs over al-Hirah and surrounding cities when the Persians won and entered al-Hirah they killing and looting the city,and then they installed Aus ibn Qallam and gave the city "autonomy". Shapur II was king of Persia (310 - 379). ... Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and a commune. ... emperor Constantius II Constantius II, Roman Emperor (7 August 317 - 3 November 361, reigned 337 - 361), was the middle of the three sons of Constantine I the Great and Fausta. ... Al Hirah was an ancient city located south of al-Kufah in south-central Iraq. ... Al Hirah was an ancient city located south of al-Kufah in south-central Iraq. ... Al Hirah was an ancient city located south of al-Kufah in south-central Iraq. ...

In that time Imru' al-Qais moved to Bahrain with his dream of a unified country and then to Syria seeking for the Promised assistant from Constantius II which has never came, and he stayed there till he died with his passions and it was the ending to all of his dreams. When he died he was entombed at al-Nimarah in the Syrian desert. His funerary inscription is written in an extremely difficult type of script that is. Recently there has been a revival of interest in the inscription, and controversy has arisen over its precise implications. We are is now certain is that Imru' al-Qays claimed the title "King of all the Arabs" and it claimed in the inscription to have campaigned successfully over the entire north and centre of the peninsula, as far as the border of Najran. Two years after the death of Imru' al-Qais in the year (330 AD) a glamorous took place were Aus ibn Qallam was killed succeeded by the son of Imru' al-Qais "'Amr". emperor Constantius II Constantius II, Roman Emperor (7 August 317 - 3 November 361, reigned 337 - 361), was the middle of the three sons of Constantine I the Great and Fausta. ... Najran is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the south of the country along the border with Yemen. ...

They were rivals to the Ghassanids who were subject kings of the Sassanid's rivals, the Byzantine Empire. The kingdom was also a major centre of Nestorian Christianity. They remained influential throughout the 6th century, and only in (602 AD) was the last Lakhmid king, Nu'man III, put to death by the Sassanid king Khosrau II and annexed his kingdom. Islam overran the Sasanid Empire in the 7th century. Then the city was abandoned and its materials was used to re-construct its exhausted twin Kufa. The Ghassanids were Arab Christians that emigrated in A.D. 250 from Yemen to the Hauran, in southern Syria. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... The term Nestorianism is eponymous, even though the person who lent his name to it always denied the associated belief. ... Kufa (الكوفة al-Kufa in Arabic) is a city in Iraq, about 170 km south of Baghdad, and 10 km northeast of Najaf. ...

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• al-Hirah was the cardle of the Arabic alphabet.
• It was the birthplace of famous poets like al-Nabighah al-Thubyani,Laqete ibn Ya'amur al-Ayadi and Uday ibn Zaid al-Abbadi.
• In 542, Khosrau I and al-Mundhir IV stopped the Byzantine general Belisarius at Callinicum.
• After the death of Nu'man III Arabs defeted the Persians in the Battle of Thi-Qar.
• Many Arab cities and kingdoms in Iraq fallen by the hands of the Persians like Hatra and Maysan.

Al Hirah was an ancient city located south of al-Kufah in south-central Iraq. ... The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing in the Arabic language. ... Belisarius, by Jacques-Louis David (1781); the depiction is now believed to be fictionalized. ... Hatra (al-aar الحضر) is an ancient ruined city in the former Iranian province of Khvarvaran, today part of Iraq, located at 35°34′ N 42°42′ E. It was an important fortified city of the Iranian Parthian Empire, and withstood repeated attacks by the Roman Empire. ... Categories: Stub | Provinces of Iraq ...

Lakhmids Kings

Name (Ruling Period)

1. 'Amr I ibn Uday(268-288)
2. Imru' al-Qais I ibn 'Amr(288-328)
3. Aus ibn Qallam(325-330)
4. 'Amr II ibn Imru' al-Qais(370-382)
5. Imru' al-Qais II al-Mohreq ibn 'Amr(382-403)
6. Nu'man I ibn Imru' al-Qais "the one-eyed"(403-431)
7. al-Mundhir I ibn Nu'man ibn Imru' al-Qais(431-473)
8. al-Aswad ibn al-Mundhir ibn Nu'man(473-493)
9. al-Mundhir II ibn al-Mundhir "his brother"(493-500)
10. Nu'man II ibn al-Aswad(500-504)
11. Alqama abu Yaffar(504-507)
12. Imru' al-Qais III ibn Nu'man(507-514)
13. al-Mundhir III ibn Imru' al-Qais(514-523)
14. al-Harith ibn 'Amr Al-Kendi(523-527)
15. al-Mundhir IV ibn al-Mundhir(527-554)
16. 'Amr III ibn Hind Mudrit al-Hijara(554-569)
17. Qaboos ibn Hind "his brother"(569-577)
18. Feshart Ouzayd(577-578)
19. al-Mundhir V ibn Qaboos(578-582)
20. Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir "abu Qaboos"(582-613)
21. Eyas ibn Qubaysa al-Ta'ai(613-618)
22. Zadyeh "Persian"(618-638)-Islamic liberation

References and external links

• History of Ibn Khaldoun
• Bahrain governent website "Arabic website"
• Article about al-Hira history "Arabic website"
• Article about Christians

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